Weather-strip.



J. D. PIERCE.

WEATHER STRIP. APPLIOATION FILED 001.10, 1911.

Patented Jan 7, 1913.

ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. IIERCE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR T0 MONARCH METL WEATHERSTRIP COMPANY, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATIONpOF MISSOURI.

Application led October 16,v 1911. Serial No.1654,853.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7,1913.

To all w/zom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN D. PIERCE, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of thecity of St. Louis and Stateof Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement inWeather-Strips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to weather strips for the bottoms of doors,easement windows and the like.

It lhas for its principal objects to produce a simple and eflicientdevice which vcan be readily applied, to produce a strip which is noteasily damaged, and to attain certain other advantages which willhereinafter more fully appear.

The invention consists in the parts and in the arrangements andcombinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing which forms part of this specification andwherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur, Figure 1is a fragmentary Vertical section through the bottom portion of the doorand threshold plate, the door being equipped with a weather stripaccording to my invention and shown in closed position; Fig. 2 is a Viewshowing the door in open position and the threshold plate in front edgeelevation; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view partly in front elevation andApartly in section, the door being closed; Fig.

4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, the door being -shown in end elevation;Fig. 5is a fragmentary end elevation of the door showing the supportingroller journaled in a housing; Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-'6 of.

Fig. 5; Fi'g. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view of the resilient stripwhich is secured to the bottom of the door; and Fig. 8`.is a fra entaryperspective' view of the.' strip w-hlch is secured to the side face ofthe door..

As shown in the drawings, a resilient strip `1 ais secured-along oneedge portion -to the bottom of the door D, as at 2f Normally,

Aithe strip 1 is sprung away from the bottom 4ofthe door when the dooris opened and its free ledge 'angeforlip 4 at the bottom'off a stripvortion 3 rests on an inturned which is' secured along its upper edgeportion to the-side face of the door, as at 6.l

This strip 5 is'also preferably resilient and lies normallyfiatwiseagainstthe face of the door when the *door-is oppned.'4A

' The threshold plate 7 is provided with a shoulder 8 which mayobviously be formed by rabbeting the threshold plate or, preferably, bysecuring on said threshold plate a metal wear plate 9 whosel edgeportion provides the shoulder 8 as shown.

In the closed position of the door, the inturned bottom edge portion 4of the strip 5 bears against thls shoulder 8 and, prefer-` ably, saidshoulder is located so that the strip 5 is sprung slightly away from theface of the door to insu-re such contact. As the door is moved intoclosed position, the free edge portion 3.of the strip 1 rides upon thetop face ofthe wear plate 9,'or threshold plate 7, as the case. may be,and remains in contact therewitlowing to its resiliency.

To prevent the door from sagging and to support the bottom in properrelation to the threshold plate, a. roller 1 0 is journaled at the endaway from the hinged end. As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the door isprovided with a circular recess 11 in its end in which' the hinged. endfrom sagging. By this v meansythe fstrip 1 will bear uniformlythroughout its length on the upper face of the plate 9 and .the edge ofthe inturned portion 4 ofthe strip 5 will bear along the middle of theedge portion of the which providesjthe shoulder 8.

The strips 1 and 5 may be made to extend throughout the entire length ofthe door and the only portion of the strip vl which has to plate 9 becut away is at 15 to clear the roller. This v cut away portion beingonly `adjacent to the edge which is secured to theI bottom of the door,no material is removed from the portion of4 the strip 1. which. contactswith the plate9. Hence, the strip is e'i'ec'tive through its entirelength.

'The construct-ion is simple and inexpensive, yet effective i'n" closingthe s ace at the bot-tom of thedo'or, and the'liabillty of damhage isminimized... It also obvi-ates the necessity of providing'undercut orinterlocking portions on the threshold plate to coperate with the doorstrip.

Obviously iication without-departing from my invention. Therefore, Ido-not Wish to be limited to t-he specific construction and arrangementshown.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a door, of a re- Y silient strip securedalongone edge of the door, the free portion of said strip tending tospring normally awa-y from the door, and a strip secured to the sideface of the door adjacent to the edge thereof, said second mentionedstrip extending beyond the edge of the door and having an inturnedportion against which the free edge of said rst mentioned strip normallyrests.

2. The combination with av door and a threshold having a shoulderportion extending the length thereof, of a resilient strip secured tothe bottom of the door, the free portion of 'said strip being ada ted tobear against the adjacent top face o the thresholdyand a strip securedto the side face of the door and projecting beyond the bottom thereofand having an inturned portion in coperative relation to the free edgeportion of said resilient strip on the bottom of the door and 'adaptedto support the same when the door is'opened and being also adapted tobear edgewise against the shoulder on the threshold when the door isclosed.,

3. The combination with ,a door and threshold, of a metal plate securedon the threshold beneath the bottom of the door and extending, theentire length thereof, a

the device admits of some mod- I resilient strip secured along'one edgeto the bottom of the door, the free portion of said strip tending tospring normally away from the door vand adapted'to engage the upper faceof the metal threshold plate when the door is losed, and a strip securedVto the side-face of the door and projecting beyond the `bottom edgethereof and having an in- ,turned portion adapted to support the vtreeedge portion of said resilient strip when the door is opened.

4. The combination With a door and threshold, of a metal plate securedon the threshold beneath the bottom of the door and extending the entirelength thereof, a resilient strip secured along one edge to th bottom ofthe door, the free portion of said strip tending to spring normally awayfrom the door and adapted to engage the upper face of the metal'threshold plate when the door is closed, and a strip secured to theside face of the door and projecting beyond the bottom edge thereof andhaving an inturned portion adapted to support the free edge portion ofsaid resilient strip when the door is opened, said inturned portionbeing also adapted tobear edgeWise against the edge of the metalthreshold plate When the door is closed.

Signed at St.Louis, Missouri, this 10thday of October, 19 11.

JOHN D. PIERCE.

Witnesses: Y

l G. A. PENNINGTON,

A. H. OROISSANT.

